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African military troops hold flags during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Alphajets from the French air force's Patrouille de France, or French Acrobatic Patrol, fly above the Arc de Triomphe during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysee in Paris on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Rick Lazio, Republican candidate for governor of New York, speaks out against a proposal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center during a Landmarks Commission hearing Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Rick Lazio, Republican candidate for governor of New York, speaks to reporters about his opposition to a proposal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center during a Landmarks Commission hearing, Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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President Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and former President Bill Clinton attend a memorial service for Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**
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Irish nationalist rioters attack Police Service of Northern Ireland officers with water cannon in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)
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A nationalist attacks police in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)
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Residents wade through a flooded street at Las Pinas, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, hours after typhoon Conson lashed through Manila and other provinces in the Philippines. The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year has toppled trees and power lines, causing widespread blackouts, canceling flights, classes and suspending work in some government offices. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Rick Lazio, Republican candidate for governor of New York, speaks out against a proposal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center during a Landmarks Commission hearing Tuesday, July 13, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a joint press availability with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, not shown, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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** FILE ** Tariq Aziz, Iraqi deputy prime minister in Saddam Hussein's regime, is shown in 2004. (AP Photo/Karen Ballard/Pool, File)
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A box of peace protest necklaces wait for protesters gathering near the Y-12 boundary marker, the so-called "Blue Line," of barriers erected by security officers along the Bear Creek Road entrance to Y-12 nuclear weapons plant during a peace vigil Monday, July 5, 2010, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)
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Democratic leaders already braced for losses in November in congressional and gubernatorial races may be looking at grief on yet another front: A record number of state legislatures could change party control this year, with Democrats at risk of losing their majorities in more than 20 state chambers, according to a comprehensive analysis.
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Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, is planning a final vote Thursday on a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations.
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"What we do in the next three to six months, I believe, will determine the course of this region ..., and so it's very important that we get this right," says Scott Gration, U.S. special envoy to Sudan. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, is planning a final vote Thursday on a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations.
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A demonstration in April erupts in a scuffle between an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian who was protesting the construction of a barrier that makes it difficult for Palestinians to reach farmland, schools and medical care. (Associated Press)
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Nationalist protesters brandish the Irish flag during clashes with police in Belfast on Monday. Police struggled to quell rioting by Irish Catholic nationalists after a day of mass Protestant parades. (Associated Press)
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul spars with his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Jack Conway, at a gathering of county officials on July 8, 2010 in Louisville, Ky. The two are competing to replace Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, who is retiring after two terms. (Associated Press)
